Garment hanger



Sept. 22;; 1931. M, A, ||E|MANN 1,824,138

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 13, 1930 iii.

Patented Sept. 22, 1931 vPATENT OFFICE i MORRIS A. HEIMANN, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI GARMEN T HANGER Application filed January 13, 1930. Serial No. 420,495,

This invention relates to garment hangers, and, in one of its aspects, pertains more particularly to a hanger for displaying garments to advantage.

One purpose of the present invention is the provision of a hanger for holding and Adisplaying the upper and lower garments of a suit or dress in the same relationship to one another that they occupy when. on the person of the wearer.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel means for pivotally mounting the supporting hook on a wire hanger so that the hook may be turned to lie in the plane of the hanger and economize space in packing a plurality of such hangers into a trunk or other limited space; and in which the hook. were it turned with its plane transverse to that of the hanger. might pierce and tear the clothes on an adjacent hanger. When the hanger is removed from the limited space, it may, of course, be turned in any direction most suitable for holding it.

Other objects, advantages and desirable features of the invention will appear in the course of the following description of an illustrative embodiment of the spirit thereof.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment hanger of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 2-2 in Figure 1, exhibiting details of the clip hereinafter' referred to;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation exhibiting the parts shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4--4 in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a. view of the plate that is bent to form the clip, showing the same as it appears before being bent; and

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5, of a modified form of the invention.

The hanger preferably comprises a wire rod 1 bent into a substantially triangularly shaped loop 2, whichserves as the support on which to hang an upper garment, such as a coat or waist 3. The intermediate portion of the rod forms the base 4 of the triangle, and the inclined sides 5 thereof bend upwardly at 6 and then toward each other at 7 at the apex of the triangle. The juxtaposed ends 7 are secured together by a clip 8, preferably formed of a plate having the outline and the perforation 9 shown in Figure 6. The ears 10 of the clip or plate 8 are looped tightly around the upstanding portions 6 of the wire 1; and the ear 11 is bent back upon the body of the plate so as to tightly enclose the uXt-aposed ends 7 of the wire 1, the hook 12 having previously been passed through the opening 9, so that, when the ear 11 is bent back, the head 13 of the hook will be enclosed between the body of the plate 8 and the ear 11. lith the head 13 so interposed, the ear 11 is pressed against the body of the plate 8 by suitable dies, bringing the opposing portions together everywhere eXcept over the ends 7, and the shank 14 and head 13 of the hook 12, thereby forming an intimately tting socket 15 in which the head 13-and shank 14 are embedded, not tightly enough, however, to prevent rotation of the shank 14 on its axis in the socket 15. Preferably, the ear 11 is secured against the body of the plate 8 by means of an ear 16, bent back upon the lower end of the ear 11. However, the plate` 8 and ear 11 may, also, be secured together by means of a rivet 17, as exhibited in Figure 7.

A wire loop 19 for supporting a lower garment 20, such as a skirt, comprises a horizontal portion 21, having ends bent upwardly at 22 and then downwardly at 23 to form hooks 24, and portions 25 that form rising continuations of the'lower ends of the portions 23, the upper ends of the rising portions 25 being secured at 26 by spot-welding or in any other suitable manner to the horizontal portion 4 of the' loop 2 at points suiiiciently inward from the ends of the portion 4 to provide room for the sleeves 27 of the upper garment beneath the end portions of said horizontal portion 4. The upstanding connections 25 are of such length that when the loops 28 of the skirt are hung upon the hooks 24, the upper garment 3 and the skirt 20 will occupy the same relative positions that they would occupy when on the person of the wearer.

If desired, the wire of the loops 2 and 19 may be covered with fabric or textile or other soft tubing 29, which protects clothes from being torn by any roughness on the wire. At the junctures 26 of the loops 2 and 19, the wire is left bare and covered with tape 30 after the junctures have been effected.

In Figure 1, the loops 2 and 19 and the hook 12 all lie in the same plane and, therefore, occupy very little space from front tov rear, thereby enabling a maximum number of such hangers to be superimposed in a minimum of space. The hook 12 may be turned in any desired direction, but only on a vertical axis; and the rotation is unaccompanied by undesirable looseness of the hook in its socket 15. By reason of the head 13 of the hook being imbedded in the socket 15, longitudinal or axial movement of the shank 14 is limited in both directions. Furthermore, the clip 8 is rigid with relation to the wire of the hanger on account of the portions 6 and 7 being disposed at right angles to one another. It will, also, be observed that the hanger is very light in Weight, rigid as well as simple in construction, substantially uniform in thickness, and can be economically manufactured.

Having thus fully described this invention, I hereby reserve the benet of 'all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit. of this invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

' 1; In a garment hanger, a support for an upper garment, and a wire loop for supporting a lower garment, said loop comprising a horizontal portion having ends bent upwardly, inwardly, and downwardly into hook formation and portions that rise from the lower ends of the downwardly extending portions of the hook and have their upper ends secured to the said support at points suthciently inward from the ends of the latter to provide room for the sleeves of the upper garment beneath the end portions of said support. v s

2. In a garment hanger, a support for a garment, said support including spaced upstanding portions having their ends bent inwardly to present their extremities in alined spaced relation, a plate presenting lateral ears bent inwardly to embrace said upstanding portions of said support and having its upper portion bent over the body portion thereof to embrace said alined spaced extremities, the lower portion of said plate presenting an ear bent upwardly toengage the lower end of the bent upper portion of the plate.

3. In a garment hanger, a support for a garment, said support including spaced upstanding portions having their ends bent inwardly to present their extremities in alined spaced relation, an apertured plate presenting lateral ears bent inwardly to embrace said upstanding port-ions of said support and having its upper portion bent over the body portion thereof to embrace said alined spaced extremities, the lower portion of said plate presenting an ear bent upwardly to engage the lower end of the bent upper portion of the plate and a hook having a shank extending through the aperture in said plate and between said alined spaced extremities and having a head socketed in said plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

MORRIS A. HEIMANN. 

